Prehospital Delay in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events [GRACE])

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 598-603

  Goldberg, Robert J ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^a,b   Fox, Keith A A ^c   Brieger, David ^d   Steg, Ph Gabriel ^e   Gurfinkel, Enrique ^f   Dedrick, Rebecca ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THERAPY DELAY; TREND STUDY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60249087858     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.10.038     Document Type: Article

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